Bristol nu-gaze band Split Chain have had an exhilarating year: still reeling from their recent signing to Epitaph Records, they’ve also toured across the UK and back with Gel and Boston Manor while playing festivals like Outbreak & 2000 Trees along the way. As they gear up to support Fleshwater on sold out dates in the UK, before opening for Silverstein and Thursday on their first run of North America, today they share their lively cover of Type O Negative’s hit single, “I Don’t Wanna Be Me”.
Revamping the 2003 goth anthem with slick guitar riffs and a distinctly modern production sheen, Split Chain transform the track into an alt-punk ripper of today. The accompanying music video features on-stage performances and off-stage escapades from their recent UK tours.
Since forming in 2023, Bristol based Split Chain – vocalist Roberto Martinez-Cowles, guitarists Oli Bowles and Jake Reid, bassist Tom Davies and drummer Aaron Black – have been busy making waves with their brazen mixture of shoe gaze and nu metal influences that they call “nu-gaze”. Backed by a handful of self-released tracks amassing 10 Million streams to date, their organic momentum has led them to a home with Epitaph Records as they continue to extend their global reach.
FORTHCOMING UK SHOWS
OCTOBER
(w/ Fleshwater)
20: BRISTOL The Fleece
21: BIRMINGHAM Dead Wax Digbeth
22: GLASGOW G2
24: LEEDS Temple Of Boom
25: KINGSTON Fighting Cocks
26: LONDON New Cross Inn
